Srinagar, March 22 -- In Jammu and Kashmir, three vital roads have claimed nearly 2,000 lives in the past five years.

The National Highway and the roads leading in Chenab Valley and Pir Panjal ranges have claimed at least 1986 lives in road accidents from 2019 to 2023.

According to the official figures available with the news agency-Kashmir News Observer (KNO), in Chenab Valley at least 113 persons lost their lives in accidents in 2019.

In 2020, the road accidents in the region claimed 64 lives followed by 91 deaths in 2021, at least 81 in 2022 and 114 persons lost their lives in 2023.

The official figures reveal that from the National Highway, at least 211 persons were killed in 2019 in roads accidents followed by 178 in 2020, at lea...